Traveling-bag



(No Model.)

E. HASKBLL. TRAVBLING BAG,

N0. 511,077. Pateted D60. 19, 1893.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,077, dated December 19, 1893.

Application tiled February 16, 1893. Serial No. 462,570. (No modeld i Maine, have invented certain new and useful 'Improvements in Traveling-Bags, of which the foilowing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specilication.

My invention relates to traveling bags of that class known as cabin bags and it consists in certain novel features of construction, arrangement and combination of parts, which will be readily understood by reference to the description 'of the accompanying drawings, and to the claims hereinafter contained and in which my invention is clearly pointed out.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved traveling bag. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line a: a; on Fig. l, with one of the covers open, and Fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating the form of the piece of material of which the main body of the bag is made.

In the drawings A is the main body of the bag composed of a sheet of material made from flax tow and called fabricated leather, which is pebbled or calendered and rendered Waterproof, said sheet being cut to the shape shown in full lines in Fig. 3, in which a, a form the two sides of the body of the bag and b the bottom, said sheet being folded on the dotted lines c c to bring the sides a, c, into positions at right angles to the bottom' and parallel to each other as shown in Fig. 2. The sides a o, are each provided with the narrow extensions a', a', and the bottom b with the extensions b which are folded inward on the lines a2 and b2 respectively and are secured to the ends B B, made from the same material, by a series of rivets c c inserted from the outside and clinched upon the inside as shown in Figs. l and 2.

In some eases I make the ends B B in one piece with the sides a. d and the bottom b said ends forming a longer extension of the bottom section in place of the narrower extension b as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3.

The upper ends of the end sections B B have riveted thereto the noetal stitfeners d d to the ends of which are secured to the bearings d' in which are mounted the rods e e to which the frames f, f, of the covers C are pivoted, in a Well-known manner.

The covers C, C, are each made of a line grade of leather cut to a rectangular` form and riveted at its lower edge to the upper edge of one of the sides a and alongv its ends and upper edge, to one of the cover frames f as shown. The covers are secured together by the lock D, and to the ends B by the fastenings E, and are provided with the handle F all in a well known manner.

The material from which the body of the bag is formed is made from dax-tow and is termed fabricated leather,7 and is ab very strong, tough and durable material, not as iieXible as leather, and therefore a bag made therefrom will keep its shape better than it made of leather, and because the material is made in large sheets of uniform quality throughout the body of the bag may be made in one piece and be of uniform strength and stiness in all its parts, which could not be done if leather were used. The sides and bottom, or sides, end and bottom being made in onepiece, no seams or exterior joints are formed at the bottom corners which is a greatadvantage, because of less cost and greater durability.

I make the covers C, C, of leather because of the ilexibility required at the point about which the covers vibrate in opening and closing,

The advantages ot' this invention are cheapness, lightness, stiffness or ability to main tain its shape, neatness in appearance, and the fact that the main body thereof is waterroof. l p What l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. A traveling bag having its sides and bottom made from a single piece of stiff material, as t leatherboard, formed from a blank having side and bottom extensions, folded at right angles to said sides and bottom, and adapted to engage the separate ends when the sides are folded at right angles to the bottom, in combination with two lids or covers made of a more flexible material, as leather, and attached to the sides of the body along their upper edges, and means to lock said covers in closed position.

2. A traveling bag having its main body made from a single piece of stift material, as

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body along their upper edges, and a fastening device for securing said covers together in closed position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 15 l name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 15th day ot' February, A. D. 1893.

` EZRA HASKELL.

Witnesses:

N. C. LOMBARD, XVALTER E. LOMBARD. 

